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Jason Wu
Personal blog · jasonwu.ink/signalsdesignculture
Jason Wu's personal blog at jasonwu.ink covers design and culture. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on "The Permanent Upper Crow", which argues that people trying to save themselves from AI-driven job loss while most others suffer is not good for anyone, per commenters clarifying its point.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Paint the world in ink.
Most-linked posts?
- /signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-05-28
What Hacker News says?
The author explains his opinion in a blog post, and it's not that: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c... It's simply: saving yourself (by getting rich or whatever) before AI puts us all out of a job is not good, because the majority of the world will suffer and that's not good for anyone.
Comment linking /signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class
on “The Permanent Upper Crow”Submitted What if Palantir's logo was square? as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that. The author's actual take is way less cynical. It seems he wanted to point out that a world where you try to save yourself at all costs while the majority suffers is not a good world. See: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...
Comment linking /signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class
on “The Permanent Upper Crow”Submitted My Taste Is Better Than Your Taste as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWe know what the intended takeaway is because the author helpfully explained it in a blog post [1], and it's way less cynical than what you guessed: > A world where a majority of the population is suffering is not a world good for anyone. Even from a selfish perspective, does you making it into the elite class mean the people you care about will too? Who wants to eat caviar alone on the moon? I agree, though I would…
Comment linking /signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class
on “The Permanent Upper Crow”Submitted OSS and Photography as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI find this exact attribution very unlikely; this article is from April 2026 and the term "permanent underclass" is used in this way since at least 2025. In fact, the repo says: This is my social commentary on the "Permanent Upper Class" philosophical virus that has spread through San Francisco tech communities like the plague in the last year or so. You can read the original blog post [here]. While the game tells a…
Comment linking /signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class
on “The Permanent Upper Crow”